I'm so sorry I haven't updated in a while it's been so hard to type. But your reviews motivate me. All of my hard school work is done so it'll be easier to type. I've already written up to chapter 13. So without further ado here's chapter six.
Chapter 6: From Bad to Worse
Troy's POV
I had to stop for a second and try to understand what just happened. We danced like there was no tomorrow and we both liked it. We held hands, I felt so comfortable with her. Although we just met, I completely trusted her. She cried for a second and I just held her. It was beautiful. Then, I messed it up by kissing her. At first, she kept going then she pulled away. I don't know if she did, but I felt sparks. That made my entire day. I started talking to Zeke and Jason when I realized Gabriella had been gone for about half an hour. She couldn't be talking to anyone because she didn't know anyone.
"I'm going to go look for Gabriella" I said, looking around.
"You mean your girlfriend" Jason said. He and Zeke started laughing after that comment.
"You mean his HOT girlfriend" Zeke said, nodding his head. I glared at Zeke and then he turned his head. I walked toward the kitchen and looked around. She was nowhere to be found.
"I guess she bailed on me" I thought. On the floor, I saw a Gatorade bottle and spilled water. Those could be from anybody I thought. I decided to think logically. Maybe someone was holding her up. I saw Lucia making out with some guy and Chad was nowhere to be found.
I walked up to Ryan, who was about to go to the dance floor with his flashy clothes.
"Have you seen Chad?" I asked.
"He's in Zeke's parents' room. He said something about doing some girl."
I chuckled at Chad's eagerness to tell every one about his plans. I was walking up to the door when I heard two people yelling. I could make out Chad's voice but I couldn't make out the other. I walked in and I saw Chad trying to wrestle Gabriella out of her clothes. She was fighting back, in tears. She was yelling and trying to push him off but he was too strong for her. He already had her pants off and he was trying to take off her shirt. I was shocked that he was trying to have sex with her, against her will! My shock turned into pure anger when he slapped her in her face. I couldn't believe my best friend could do that to another human being.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!" I yelled as I pushed him off of her. She was crying her eyes out and hyperventilating.
"She asked for it" he said as he put on his shirt. I couldn't believe he said that. I just punched him in his face. I kept going. I stopped and realized how good it felt to hurt him. I realized how my father felt. As I was thinking Chad kicked me away from him. I hit the floor hard on my shoulder, right where my dad hit me yesterday. I shouted in pain then weakly got up. I kicked him in the groin then kneed him in the face. He fell down and I shook my head in hatred.
"I can't believe you. Get out! NOW!" I yelled as I opened the door. He walked out slowly. I realized I left Gabriella on the bed and ran to her. She had fainted during all of the commotion. Her body was beautiful but painful to look at. She had more bruises than I did. I slapped myself for staring at her body. I put my jacket over her. I figured it covered enough so I picked her up bridal style and carried her out the back door. I had no idea where to take her so I just went to my house. I sneaked past my dad who was knocked out on the chair. I took her to my room and laid her on my bed. She still didn't wake up. I put some comforters on the floor and went to sleep. I dreamt about the weirdness of that whole night. The kiss, the attack, and beating up my best friend. I closed my eyes and wished tomorrow would come already.
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I woke up with Gabriella in my arms looking up at me. Her eyes were red and puffy, she had been crying.
"Good morning Troy," she said faking a smile. She still was wearing my jacket which was way too big for her.
"Good Morning, Gabi," I said smiling.
"Don't call me Gabi. It brings up some bad memories," She said sitting up. She started looking around, examining her surroundings.
"Where am I?" she asks looking around.
"You're in my house," I said sitting up. She looked at herself and got up quickly.
"Why am I in your house? Why am I in your jacket on? And why don't I have on anything underneath?" she said pacing.
"You mean, you don't remember anything?" I asked her sitting on my bed.
"Remember what?" she asked sitting next to me.
"Ummmm…" I didn't know what to say. I didn't want to see her cry.
"Troy, what happened? The last thing I remember was getting us drinks." She said trying to think.
"What happened when you went to get the drinks?" I said trying to understand how everything happened.
"Well, I was looking for soda or water and I couldn't find any. Then Chad offered me a bottle of water. I had gotten a Gatorade for you and took a sip of my water and spit it out. Then I felt someone pulling me backward," she said looking down. It made sense to me. The Gatorade was on the floor was for me, and the spilled water was from when she was pulled. Chad tried to spike her drink. I couldn't believe my best friend. I really thought he respected girls and would never ever do something like that. She looked me straight in the eyes.
"Troy, I need to know what happened," she said not taking her eyes away from me. I couldn't hold it back any more.
"Gabriella. There is no easy way to tell you this, but Chad spiked your drink. He tried to rape you," I said in the nicest way possible. It didn't matter how I said it, she didn't care. She looked into space, I had no idea how she felt right at that moment. Out of the blue she started crying. She just let it out on my shoulder. I put my arms around her and just let her cry her eyes out on my shoulders. She kept on until my dad came upstairs.
"You never told me you were-" he stopped when he saw Gabriella. He looked at her, licked his lips and gave her a smile that scared the both of us. She put her head in my chest and held me tight. I got up and walked out with Gabriella.
"You're sick," I said as I passed him. He looked like he wanted to kill me. He probably will later. I walked her out the front door and down the block.
"Where do you live?" I asked her running my hands through her hair.
"The next house" she murmured into my shirt. She never picked her head up and oddly I was okay with that. She opened the door and I looked around. There were tons of pictures of her and her father. I only saw with her mother.
"Did you mom pass away?" I asked looking around the living room. She walked into the kitchen.
"No, she just works a lot" she said looking at a not. She read it and her eyes widened. Then tears came down. She crumpled up a paper and faked a smile as she walked over to me. She gave me a really big hug and didn't let go for a while.
"Thank you" she said as she pulled me toward her room. We sat on her bed and looked at each other for a little while.
"I'm really sorry about every thing that happened to you. The whole thing with Chad, my dad, and the kiss" I said saying the last part softly.
"There's really nothing you could have done" she said putting on some pants. I just stared at her beauty. She's managed to stay beautiful after everything she's been through. As she put on her shirt I imaged her in my arms again.
"There's just one thing I'm dying to ask. Did you feel anything during that kiss?" I said. I wanted to know badly.
"To be honest, I have no idea what a real kiss feels like. I didn't know what I was supposed to feel. I didn't know what to do" she said looking down. I felt sorry for her. I was about to talk but we heard footsteps. We froze.
"It's my dad, hide!" she said panicking. I slipped under the bed just as the door opened.
"Its time Gabi" he said as he walked up to her. I heard her whimper.
A/N
Poor Gabriella. Sorry to leave off there but another cliffhanger is interesting. What do you think will happen? If you want a preview add it in your review. You guys deserve that much. Review with your thoughts and I'll update ASAP (which is like the end of next week)